Pkhali
Georgian vegetable pâté — blanched spinach pounded with walnuts, garlic, coriander and blue fenugreek, shaped into balls and studded with pomegranate seeds; served cold among the starters of a Georgian feast.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500 g spinach
- 150 g walnuts
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 bunch coriander leaves
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp blue fenugreek (utskho suneli)
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- to taste salt
- 3 tbsp pomegranate seeds
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 1443 kcal · P 47.9g · C 61.6g · F 122.4g
Estimated from 9 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Wash the spinach and blanch it in boiling salted water for 1–2 minutes, just until wilted. Drain, cool under cold water and squeeze it dry by the handful, as hard as you can: wet spinach makes pkhali that won't hold its shape.
- 2Grind the walnuts and garlic with a pinch of salt in a food processor to an oily paste.
- 3Add the coriander leaves, ground coriander, fenugreek, chilli and vinegar and blend again.
- 4Chop the spinach finely and mix it into the walnut paste, keeping some texture. Taste for salt and vinegar, then chill for 30 minutes to firm up.
- 5Shape into balls the size of a walnut in its shell, flatten them slightly, press a dent into the top of each and fill it with pomegranate seeds.
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Questions and answers
How long does Pkhali take to make?
About 30 minutes: 25 min prep and 5 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Pkhali?
10 ingredients: spinach, walnuts, garlic, coriander leaves, ground coriander, blue fenugreek, chilli flakes, white wine vinegar, salt, pomegranate seeds.
How many servings does this Pkhali recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Pkhali?
About 241 kcal, with 8 g protein, 10.3 g carbohydrate and 20.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Pkhali recipe suit?
It is vegan and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Pkhali?
Pkhali comes from Georgian cuisine.
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